On April 28, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs in the West, the Golden State Warriors have already won the game point in the first four games, and today they played at home to the Denver Nuggets. As long as the Nuggets are won today, the Warriors can advance to the Western Conference semifinals, and the Nuggets of course want to see if they can focus on the guest, let the series continue to be suspenseful, and bring the game back to denver Highlands.
In the end, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Denver Nuggets 102-98 at home to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.
At the beginning of the game, the Nuggets' tactics were clear, that is, to play the Warriors' relatively weak paint with Jokic as the axis. At the same time, the Nuggets have also absorbed the lessons of previous games, and at the beginning of today's game, it is Jokic who takes the initiative to lead other teammates to attack the stronghold, and Jokic is more than shooting himself, but through his own traction in the paint to create space for other teammates.
But even so, in fact, from the scene, it can be seen that the Nuggets still do not have a particularly good way to limit the Warriors' offense. Especially in the transition between offense and defense, the Nuggets repeatedly made mistakes in the first quarter and were quickly attacked by the Warriors. Fortunately, the Warriors had no feel for a while, and the Nuggets were not pulled apart.
And in the first quarter, the Nuggets' rotation player Rivers Jr. was injured, and the Nuggets lost an important rotation player. At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors temporarily led 30-25 at home.
Although Jokic must have been guarded by the Warriors, Aaron Gordon and Cousins stepped forward, they saw the warriors' lack of height characteristics, Gordon has been using his misplaced advantage to attack the Warriors' interior line, Cousins has always been in the Warriors' restricted area as close to the basket as possible, and this move has also received good results.
At the same time, Gordon, Cousins and Jokic's performances on the offensive end also infected the nuggets' other players, and the Nuggets strengthened their defensive intensity in the second half of the second quarter, and the two teams ended the half to a 48-48 draw. Jokic had 12 points and 13 rebounds in the half; Gordon cut down 15 points and four rebounds. In the second half, the two sides came and went, always biting the score very tightly. On the Nuggets side, the happy thing is that Cousins once stood up to the task of asking the teacher. 15 points in 10 minutes, let people see the peak of the examination.
In the last 2 minutes of the game, the two sides were also a one-goal gap, but unfortunately the Nuggets lost the ball in a mistake, and Curry broke through and scored, leading by 4 points. It was this time that the point difference affected the deployment behind the Nuggets, and it was helpless to finally lose the game, and the fans on the scene finally stood collectively to witness this moment. About the teacher cut down 28 points, 19 rebounds and 8 assists of the super luxury quasi-triple-double data in this game, which is also in vain!
(Luo Treasurer)